Through the Emerald Isle, Part II [pp. 257-264]

Through the Emerald Isle
ing performance of "A Modern Don
Quixote," and had the pleasure of seeing
Lady Cadogan, the wife of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and her suite. She was
patroness of the performance, and her box
was supplied with huge bouquets and white
satin programmes. There was a display
of Irish beauty and costumes in the house,
and we had the opportunity of studying
the characteristiecs of both. Though all the
women of Great Britain have more or less
color in their faces, none have such
a pronounced tint as the Irishwomen. It is like,a crimson splash
from Nature's paint brush, and is
not diffused over the cheeks.
A word in regard to some com mon customs. Americans are apt
to feel' a bit awkward when walking
in Irish cities, as all the vehicles as
well as the pedestrians turn to the
left instead of the right. Every
one takes tea at four o'clock, and
no matter how busy the man or wo man or in what rank of-life, when
the hour arrives time is always
found to drink the cheering cup.
Trinity College, of world-wide
reputation, faces College Green,
and was opened to students in 1593.
Flanking its chief portal are the
statue of Edmund Burke, the bril liant statesman and orator, and
that of Oliver Goldsmith. A figure
representing Grattan, who "bound
the bar and senate with his spell,"
adorns the center of the Green.
In eonneetion with the names of
these great Irishmen, it will not be
amiss to note the fact that an as tonishing number of executive of fices in different countries are held
by Irishmen at the present time.
The great British Generals Lords
Kitchener, Wolseley, and Roberts,
Sir George Doan, Sir Henry
Gough, and Sir Richard Kelly (the last
two of Lucknolw fame), Sir George White,
Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford,
and Chief Justice Russell, are Irish born.
There have been Irish Governors of New foundland and New South Wales, and an
Irish Minister to China. No more dis tinguished soldier lives to-day in Russia
than a certain aide-de-camp, General
Obrutseheff, whose family name was thus
changed from O'Bryan, they being Irish
born. Count O'Gorman is Private Chamberlain to the Pope, and Viscount Taafe is
Privy Councillor to the Emperor of Austria. Our own list of brilliant statesmen
and Generals, we all know, contains many
Irish names. In my journey I passed
within three miles of the ancestral home
of President McKinley, which is near
Ballymoney.
Chimney Tops, Giant's Causeway
A view of the tomb of Daniel O'Connell
is worth the trip to Glasnevin Cemetery.
The "Liberator" sleeps beneath a reproduetion of the famous Round Tower, a
relic of feudal times which is to be seen in
different parts of Ireland.
Three distinct counties can be seen from
the undulating surface of Phoenix Park,
Dublin. Here, in a secluded spot, the
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